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• 1:46
  The crowd in Accra, Ghana is firmly behind its hometown champion.
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  15 rounds of world class boxing are scheduled and an American challenger has traveled halfway around the globe to fight for the World Featherweight Championship.
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  Can he win over the judges when almost everyone in the building wants him to lose?
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  This story and more coming up on this Week in Indian All Stars history.
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  Welcome to Indian All Stars.
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  I'm Bill Black and every week we travel back to discover how Native athletes helped shape the world of sports.
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  Because history isn't trapped behind museum glass, it comes alive.
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  Indian All Stars celebrates great Native American athletes from the past and the present, bringing these great All Stars back into the spotlight for new generations.
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  Now let's look back and find out what happened.
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  Here's what happened the week of November 1st through the 7th in Indian All Stars history.
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  November 1st starts in 1941 with Oklahoma quarterback Jack Jacobs against Kansas.
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  The Creek Passer completes all eight throws he attempts as the Sooners win 38, 08 for 8 gives Jacobs a perfect passing day and it earns him a place in Oklahoma's record book.
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  Jump ahead to 2003 and Texas Tech's Wes Welker is changing the NCAA record book on special teams.
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  The Cherokee return specialist takes a Colorado punt 58 yards for a touchdown.
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  He is his eighth career punt return score that sets the national career mark in the same game.
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  He also becomes Texas Tech's all time leader in all purpose yards.
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  Also in 2003 MASH P Wampanoag running back Jamal Branch keeps Colgate's unbeaten season rolling.
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  He rushes for 200 yards and two touchdowns in a 47:31 win over Lafayette with 1,496 rushing yards.
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  Already on the season, Branch is leading Division 1 AA nationally.
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  Now to 2009.
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  The Minnesota Vikings arrive at Lambeau Field with a quarterback who knows the place very well.
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  Brett Favre of Choctaw is making his first visit as an opposing player after 16 seasons with Green Bay.
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  He throws four touchdown passes as Minnesota wins 3826 and completes a regular season sweep of the Packers.
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  There's a World Series story that same night.
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  Hoba Chamberlain, the Winnebago reliever for the New York Yankees, takes the mound against Philadelphia in Game 4.
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  The strikes out the side in the eighth, New York scores three times in the ninth to win 74 and Chamberlain gets the pitching victory.
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  Two years later in 2011, Boston Red Sox center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury wins his first Gold Glove.
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  Ellsbury Navajo is recognized for his American League defense in the middle of a remarkable season The World Series brings us back to Winnebago reliever Hoba Chamberlain in 2015.
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  This time he has spent part of the season with the Kansas City Royals.
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  He isn't on their postseason roster, but when Kansas City beats the New York Mets for the championship, Chamberlain is later awarded a second World Series ring.
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  His first comes from that Yankees Championship in 2009.
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  In 2016, Brian Trottier enters Canada's Sports hall of Fame.
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  The Cremate hockey great has six Stanley cup titles as a player and another as a coach, and this national honor recognizes the impact of his championship career.
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  The next major recognition comes in 2018 when Ojibwe winger Reggie Leach is inducted into the Philadelphia Sports hall of Fame.
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  The former Flyers star is remembered for his Stanley cup years and the goal scoring records he set in Philadelphia.
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  In 2019, Maine Governor Janet Mills issues a proclamation honoring Penobscot distance runner Andrew Sokalexis and the running legacy preserved through the trail bearing his name.
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  It is a recognition of an athlete whose story reaches beyond his own racing years.
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  In 2023, Cherokee pitcher John Gray celebrates the Texas Rangers first World Series title.
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  Texas finishes off Arizona in Game five and Gray is a champion after earning an important relief win earlier in the series.
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  A year later, in 2024, Carolina Panthers offensive linemen Austin Corbett Walker River Paiute is named the team's nominee for the NFL's Salute to Service Award.
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  The recognition reflects his work with service members, veterans and military families.
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  In 2025, the National Native American hall of Fame honors speed skier Ross Anderson at its induction ceremony in Oklahoma City.
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  Anderson, Cheyenne, Arapaho and Mescalero Apache is recognized for his record setting skiing career and the way he has carried that accomplishment into work with Native youth football provides another Native history moment.
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  That same day, the University of South Dakota wears a special helmet against North Dakota with the Lakota word Sung Minitu, meaning coyote spirit.
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  Lake Dakota designer Sadie Red Wing creates the decals and the design across the crown represents the Oceti Sakowin the seven council fires.
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  This isn't simply decoration, it puts Native language and Native led design on a college football field.
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  And still in 2025, former North Texas quarterback Mason Fine is inducted into his school's Athletics hall of Fame.
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  The Cherokee passer finishes his Mean green career with 12,505 yards and 93 touchdown passes, leaving a record book full of his accomplishments.
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  November 2nd takes us to 1963 at Garden State Park.
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  Cherokee jockey Johnny Sellers is back aboard Carry Back the horse he rode to Kentucky Derby and Preakness victories.
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  They win the Trenton Handicap by two lengths in Carry Back's final career start.
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  It's one more winning ride for a famous partnership in 2003, Minnesota Vikings tight end Jim Kleinsasser catches a four yard touchdown from Dante Culpepper against the Green Bay Packers.
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  The Turtle Mountain Chippewa player finishes the season with four receiving touchdowns, his most productive year as a receiver.
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  In 2011, Jacoby Ellsbury adds a Silver Slugger to the Gold Glove he earned the day before.
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  The Boston outfielder hits 321 that season with 212, hits 32 home runs and 105 runs batted in.
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  He is being recognized at both ends of the game.
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  Move to 2019 and quarterback Mason Fine puts on a show for North Texas.
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  He throws seven touchdown passes as the Mean Green VE TEP 52.
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  20.
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  The Cherokee quarterback breaks the Apogee Stadium record, adding one more big performance to his college career.
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  That same day in the NBA, Brooklyn guard Kyrie Irving's Standing Rock suit puts up 20 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists against Detroit.
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  It's the third triple double of his career and another example of how he can affect the game in more ways than scoring.
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  In 2024, Chandler Brayboy does a little bit of everything from for Elon.
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  The Lumbee receiver piles up 309 all purpose yards in a 50:27 win over Campbell.
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  He catches eight passes for 183 yards and two touchdowns, returns kickoffs for another 113 yards and adds 13 rushing yards.
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  It's the kind of afternoon that keeps a defense and a special teams unit busy.
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  Eastern Washington's football team also brings native history onto the field.
• 9:10
  In 2024 against Montana State, the Eagles debut helmets carrying the Salish phrase OO PQ Quayn, meaning a group of eagles.
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  The design comes from a collaboration with the Kalispell Tribe of Indians and Northern Quest Resort and Casino for a home game in Cheney.
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  The language of the region is right there on the helmets.
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  Let's start November 3rd in 1917 with one of the great all around college football performances of the era.
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  Georgia Tech overwhelms Vanderbilt83.0 and White Earth Ojibwe star Joe Gallon seems to be everywhere.
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  A reconstruction of the game credits him with 124 rushing yards, 80 passing yards and 95 yards on returns.
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  He runs for two touchdowns and throws another.
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  A sportswriter calls him the game's Superman and the nickname is easy to understand.
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  Next 1968 marks the conclusion of Roy Tyner's finest NASCAR grand national season.
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  The Lumbee driver competes in 48 of 49 races, collects four top five finishes and 14 top 10s, and closes the year 10th in the standings.
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  For a driver making his way at the sport's highest level, it's quite a season.
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  In 1995, Center Cherokee Parks makes his NBA regular season debut for the Dallas Mavericks.
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  After starring at Duke Parks, Cherokee now takes the floor in the professional league, beginning a career that will carry him through several NBA organizations.
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  In 1996, Ponca and OTO heavyweight Tommy Morrison returns to the boxing ring in Japan nine months after announcing his retirement following a positive HIV test.
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  He knocks out Marcus Road just 1 minute and 38 seconds into the first round.
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  It will be more than a decade before Morrison fights professionally again.
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  Jumping to 2002 Vikings tight end Jim Kleinsasser breaks away for a 39 yard catch against Tampa Bay.
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  It's the longest reception of his NFL career.
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  He goes on to finish the season with 37 catches for 393 yards.
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  Back to Texas Tech in 2003 just days after that record setting punt return, Wes Welker is named Big 12 special teams player of the Week.
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  The recognition belongs to the Cherokee Turner who has just established the NCAA career mark for punt return touchdowns in 2003.
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  The Hockey hall of Fame welcomes a trailblazing goaltender on November 3rd, Grant Fuhrer Enoch Cree becomes the first black player inducted.
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  He is already a five time Stanley cup champion with the Edmonton Oilers and now he takes his place among hockey's all time greats.
• 11:46
  In 2011, Kiowla striker Chris Wandlowski receives the inaugural Castrol Index Major League Soccer Player of the Year honorary.
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  It's a league wide recognition of how much he contributes over the season, not just to the goals he scores.
• 11:59
  The year 2012 brings a monster passing day at Tennessee Potawatomi quarterback Tyler Bray throws for 530 yards and five touchdowns as the Volunteers outlast Troy 55 48.
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  Bray breaks Peyton Manning's school single game passing record by seven yards and the new mark is 530.
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  In 2013, San Diego Chargers wide receiver Keenan Allen makes eight catches for 128 yards and a touchdown against Washington.
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  It's already his third 100 yard receiving performance as a pro including postseason play, and the Lumbee rookie is quickly becoming a key part of the Chargers offense.
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  Move ahead to 2016 Ohio receiver Papi White, Seminole Creed and chickasaw takes the first offensive play against Buffalo 73 yards for a touchdown.
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  He finishes with 113 receiving yards as the Bobcats win 34 10.
• 12:57
  In 2018, quarterback Dane Evans makes his first professional start for the Hamilton Tiger Cats.
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  The Wichita Passer throws for 315 yards and two touchdowns against Montreal.
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  Hamilton falls 30:28, but Evans gives them a glimpse of of the quarterback who will lead the club in the years ahead.
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  A big Rodeo arrives in 2022 Navajo bull rider Keyshawn Whitehorse comes into the inaugural Professional Bull Riders Challenger series finale in second place.
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  An 89 and a half point ride on Fujita helps him overtake the standings leader by just over 15 points.
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  Whitehorse becomes the first season champion in challenger series history.
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  In 2023, Ryan He Helsley returns to Northeastern State University for induction into its Athletics hall of Fame.
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  The Cherokee pitcher once stars for the Riverhawks before moving on to Major League Baseball and an All Star selection.
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  Now the school welcomes him back as one of its own greats.
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  In 2024, Buffalo Bills defensive tackle Eli Anku Ojibwe takes the field against the Miami Dolphins during the team's Native American Heritage Month celebration.
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  He arrives wearing a beaded Bills medallion made by Seneca artist Jackie Snyder, then contributes two tackles as Buffalo wins 30:27 and also in 20:24, Cherokee linebacker Zavin Collins gets to Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams twice in Arizona's 299
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  victory.
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  He adds six tackles and three quarterback hits, finishing with the second multi sack game of his NFL career.
• 14:33
  Our first stop on November 4th is in 1944.
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  With Air Force and UCLA tied at seven at halftime, quarterback Jack Jacobs starts connecting through the air.
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  Contemporary coverage credits the Creek passers accurate throws with changing the game and fourth, Air Force pulls away to win 35 13.
• 14:52
  That same year, boxing great Henry Armstrong travels to Portland to face Mike Bellowise.
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  The Iroquois former world champion stops Bellows in the fourth round, earning another victory deep into a career that has already made him one of the sport's biggest names.
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  In 1950, Jacobs appears again, this time quarterbacking Winnipeg against Edmonton in the Western final.
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  The game is remembered as professional football's first night playoff played under lights.
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  Jacobs throws Winnipeg's touchdown pass in a 17:16 loss, but the Blue Bombers go on to win the series.
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  Two years later in 1952, the Western Interprovincial Football Union names Jack Jacobs its Outstanding Player and awards him the Jeff Nicklin Memorial Trophy.
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  His reputation is so strong that every voter places him either first or second on the ballot.
• 15:44
  Jump ahead to 1983 when the story of Oglala Lakota runner Billy Mills arrives in movie theaters Running Brave stars Robbie Benson as Mills and follows his journey from Pine Ridge and Haskell to an Olympic finish in Tokyo that
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  still gives sports fans goosebumps.
• 16:01
  In 1995, Apache mixed martial artist Frank Shamrock faces one of the sport's most important early figures, Masakatsu Funaki, in a pan craze match in Tokyo.
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  Shamrock catches Funaki in a toehold and forces the submission.
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  It's a significant, significant win against an opponent who has helped build the promotion itself.
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  Now to A Sunday in 2007.
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  Minnesota running back Adrian Peterson is racing toward an NFL single game record and Turtle Mountain Chippewa tight end Jim Kleinsasser is among the players doing the blocking.
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  Peterson finishes with 296 rushing yards as the Vikings defeat the San Diego Chargers 35 17.
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  Kleinsasser isn't credited with the rushing record he helps create it.
• 16:45
  In 2009, Hobbit Chamberlain finishes a World Series season with another celebration.
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  The New York Yankees beat Philadelphia in Game 6 to win the championship.
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  The Winnebago reliever works a scoreless inning in the clincher and ends the series with a win and a 3.0 earned run average in three appearances the next year, in 2010, St.
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  Louis Rams quarterback Sam Bradford his name named NFL Offensive Rookie of the Month for October.
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  The Cherokee Passer throws for 1019 yards and seven touchdowns during the month and leads the Rams to three wins.
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  Also in 2010, San Jose's Chris Wanda Lowski puts his team into the Major League Soccer Conference final.
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  The Kiowa forward heads and Bobby Convey's cross in the 81st minute against New York.
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  San Jose wins 31 on the night and takes the playoff series 32 on aggregate.
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  In 2015, college golfer Gabby Lemieux, competing then as Gabby Barker, is named Big 12 Women's Golfer of the Month for October.
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  The Shoshone Paiute player has just won back to back tournaments and climbed to number one in the Golf Stat rankings.
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  Texas Tech honors Wes Welker in 2016 with a place in the university's athletics hall of Fame.
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  The Cherokee former rank Red Raider becomes one of the greatest punt returners in NCAA history before building a long NFL career, and now his school adds his name to its Hall.
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  In 2018, cyclist Kerry Werner takes bronze at the Pan American Cyclocross Championships in Midland, Ontario.
• 18:17
  Werner Kai Oah finishes behind Curtis White and Michael Van Den Ham to earn his first medal in the elite men's division at the Continental championship.
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  Jump to 2023 and another big afternoon for Chandler Brayboy, the Lumbee receiver in returner racks up 269 all purpose yards as Elon beats fifth ranked Delaware 33 27.
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  He catches a 65 yard touchdown and adds 137 yards on kick returns in one of the Phoenix's biggest upsets of the season.
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  In 2024, World Lacrosse creates a special Achievement award and named Onondaga lacrosse leader Oren Lyons its first recipient.
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  Lyons earns the recognition for his work carrying the game and the Hauden Ohsani lacrosse tradition to a worldwide audience.
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  The day's first story on November 5th comes in 2006.
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  Miami Dolphins receiver Wes Welker Cherokee catches the first receiving touchdown of his NFL career against Chicago.
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  The versatile player is still building his reputation before the next chapter of his career in New England.
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  In 2012, Tennessee quarterback Tyler Bray picks up Southeastern Conference co offensive player of the week honors after throwing for 530 yards against Troy.
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  The Potawatomi passer shares the award with Georgia's Aaron Murray.
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  It's his second SEC Offensive Player of the Week recognition.
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  Chris Wandlowski collects another award that same year, the Kiowa San Jose Earthquake striker wins his fourth Major League Soccer Player of the Month honor of 2012, becoming the first player to win four in a single league season.
• 19:52
  In 2017, Ojibwe hockey player Kayla Gardner scores her first professional goal for the Calgary Inferno.
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  It comes shorthanded with only seconds remaining as Calgary beats the Markham Thunder 7 2.
• 20:07
  A powerlift result stands out.
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  In 2018, Red Lake Ojibwe competitor Eddie Lone Eagle takes silver in the 220 pound open multiply division at the World Powerlifting Congress Championships.
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  His combined squat, bench press and deadlift total exceeds 2,000 pounds for the first documented time in his career.
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  That adds up to a little more than 2,006 pounds.
• 20:31
  In 2019, offensive lineman Titon Saltas of the Oglala Lakota is named a national semifinalist for the Wurfel Trophy.
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  The award recognizes achievement in college football, the classroom and community service, and the New Mexico lineman is one of nine semifinalists.
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  That same day, freshman Alyssa Pele announces herself at Southern California.
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  The Inupiac basketball player puts up 18 points and 13 rebounds in her college debut at the as USC defeats Cal State Northridge 69 53.
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  It's a double double in her first game and she shares the team lead in scoring.
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  In 2021.
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  Snowboarders Spencer O' Brien sees her story reach a film festival audience.
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  Precious Leader Woman premieres at the Banff Center Mountain Film and Book Festival, tracing her path from the world of competitive slopestyle to a renewed connection with her indigenous community and backcountry riding.
• 21:29
  The National Native American hall of Fame welcomes Navajo basketball pioneer reneldi Bisenti in 2022.
• 21:35
  She is honored for a career that takes her from Arizona State to professional and international basketball, including a pioneering place in WNBA history.
• 21:45
  Also in 2022, Northeastern State University retires the number 8 jersey of pitcher Ryan Helsley.
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  The Cherokee major leaguer becomes the first baseball player in the school's history to have his number retired.
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  Rugby gives us another story from 2022.
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  St.
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  Mary's player King Matu Navajo scores two tries after halftime against the professional American Raptors in Colorado.
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  The Gales storm back from a big deficit and nearly steal the preseason contest before falling 43.
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  39.
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  Another Navajo athlete has a decisive role in the PBR team's postseason that same year.
• 22:22
  Bull rider keyshawn Whitehorse scores 90 points aboard Cold Creek to clinch Arizona's win over Texas.
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  The Ridge Riders go on to complete the first 5 for 5 team game in PBR team's postseason history and on an NBA court in 2022.
• 22:37
  Milwaukee Bucks forward Marjon Beauchamp makes the first start of his career year against Oklahoma City.
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  It's another step forward for the Luisano player after his season with G League Ignite.
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  We finished the day in 2025 with a very impressive college basketball debut.
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  Brigham Young University freshman Sidney Benali Navajo dishes out 11 assists and grabs six steals while scoring eight points against Coastal Carolina.
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  BYU wins 91 57.
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  No Cougar has handed out that many assists in a game since 2022.
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  On November 6th, let's go all the way back to 1900.
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  Former Carlisle football standout Isaac Seneca Seneca is playing professional football with the Greensburg Athletic association in Pennsylvania.
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  Greensburg shuts out altoona and juniata 22 0, but money troubles soon bring the club's pioneer professional run to an end.
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  Seneca is on the field for its final victory now to 1918 in Philadelphia.
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  Cherokee heavyweight Jack Dempsey faces reigning world Light Heavyweight champion Battling Levinsky.
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  Levinsky has fought roughly 250 bouts, but he says nobody has ever put him down for a full 10 count.
• 23:53
  Dempsey changes that with a third round knockout in 1921.
• 23:57
  Joe Guillon, Miss, makes a spectacular defensive play for Cleveland against the Buffalo All Americans.
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  The White Earth Ojibwe football star intercepts a pass and carries it 75 yards for his team's only touchdown.
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  He's dangerous with the ball in his hands whether the play starts on offense or defense.
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  The year 1976 takes us to Accra, Ghana and the fight we heard about at the beginning of the episode.
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  Utah featherweight Danny Little Red Lopez challenges hometown favorite David Cote for the World Boxing Council title.
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  A huge crowd is pulling for Cote, but Lopez goes the full 15 rounds and wins a unanimous decision.
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  He is the new world featherweight champion.
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  That Same Day in 1976, Canada formally designates Onondaga runner Tom Longboat a national Historic Person.
• 24:46
  The honor recognizes the distance running star who won the 1907 Boston Marathon and became one of Canada's most celebrated athletes.
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  Jump ahead to 1983 Los Angeles Raiders quarterback Jim Plunkett comes off the bench when Mark Wilson is injured against Kansas City.
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  The Cherokee Passer throws for 114 yards and the go ahead touchdown as the Raiders come back to win 28:20.
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  Plunkett regains the starting job on a team that goes on to win the Super bowl in 2000.
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  A Monday night Football play between Green Bay and Minnesota seems to be over when Brett Favre's pass drops toward the turf, but Antonio Freeman manages to keep the ball off the ground while he's on his back, gets up
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  and runs into the end zone.
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  Favre Choctaw gets credit for the 43 yard overtime touchdown pass as Green Bay wins 2620 in 2010.
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  Oglala Lakota wrestler David Bulldog Michaud has a dominant tournament for South Dakota State.
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  He wins the 174 pound title at the Warren Williamson and Daktronics Open by pinning all four opponents four falls, just 13 minutes and 59 seconds of combined match time and the Outstanding Wrestler award.
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  There's also quarterback debut in 2010, Potawatomi freshman Tyler Bray gets his first Tennessee start against Memphis and throws five touchdown passes in a 5014 victory.
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  He completes 19 of 33 passes for 325 yards with all five scoring throws coming in the first half.
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  In 2013, Red Lake Ojibwe powerlifter Eddie Lone Eagle wins the 165 pound open single ply division at the International Powerlifting League World Championships in Las Vegas.
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  His three official lifts add up to 1 1,427.5 pounds, earning him a world title.
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  In 2015, Mohawk driver Dexter Stacy makes his NASCAR Camping World Truck Series debut at Texas Motor Speedway.
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  He is behind the wheel of the 50 Chevrolet for Mate Motorsports, adding another national NASCAR series to an already varied racing career.
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  Moved to 2016 and Chickasaw quarterback Rice Petty makes his NFL regular season debut for the New York jets against the Miami Dawsons Petty enters while Ryan Fitzpatrick is out briefly and completes both pass attempts for 19 yards.
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  In 2022, Arizona Cardinals linebacker Zavin Collins picks off Seattle Seahawks quarterback Geno Smith and takes the interception 30 yards for a touchdown.
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  It's the Cherokee defender's first NFL interception and first NFL score, both on the same play.
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  A year later, Keenan Allen reaches an elite receiving milestone.
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  A Lumbee wide receiver passes 10,000 career receiving yards as the Los Angeles Chargers beat the New York jets on Monday Night Football.
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  He's only the second Chargers player to reach that number.
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  And in 2024, Nez Perce football player Xavier Guillory helps lead a Fiesta bowl legacy youth clinic for about 100 young athletes from the Salt River Pima Maricopa Indian community.
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  Along with coaching drills, Guillory talks about his path through football and what it means for native kids to see athletes from their communities succeeding.
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  Finally, we arrive at November 7th.
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  The day opens in 1896 when Carlisle faces the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
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  Chippewa player George Shilotho is among the late substitutions as Carlisle mounts its strongest drive of the game.
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  Penn wins 21 0, but contemporary reporting places Shalafo on the field as Carlisle pushes to within inches of the goal line.
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  One of the week's biggest football games comes in 1970.
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  Stanford quarterback Jim Plunkett faces the Washington Huskies and fellow Indian all star Sonny Sixkiller.
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  Both starting quarterbacks are cherokee.
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  Plunkett throws four touchdown passes and 268 yards as Stanford wins 29 22.
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  The victory clinches the school's first Rose bowl berth in 19 years and Plunkett breaks the NCAA career passing record.
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  Along the way, six killers Huskies nearly answer on the final drive.
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  In 1976, the first Tarzan Brown Mystic River Run is held in Connecticut.
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  The five mile event honors Narragansett distance runner Ellison Tarzan Brown round and begins a running tradition that will still be going strong.
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  Fifty additions later in 1999, Green Bay packers quarterback Brett Favre makes his 117th consecutive regular season start.
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  The Choctaw passer moves past Ron Jaworski to set the NFL record for consecutive starts by a quarterback.
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  Favre won't stop there.
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  The streak eventually reaches 297 games.
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  Golf also makes his history.
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  In 1999, Cherokee golfer Tiger woods wins the World Golf Championships American Express Championship in a playoff over Miguel Angle Jimenez.
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  The title is Woods 15th PGA Tour victory and another sign of the dominant run he's building.
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  Jump ahead to 2010 when Favre has yet another big afternoon.
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  Now Playing for Minnesota, the veteran throws for A career high 446 yards in the Vikings beat Arizona 2724 in overtime.
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  It's his first 400 yard passing game since 1993, setting an NFL record for the longest span between such games.
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  In 2013.
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  Baylor quarterback Bryce Petty accounts for five touchdowns against 12th ranked Oklahoma.
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  The Chickasaw signal caller throws three scoring passes and runs for two more and the Bears get a nationally significant, significant victory over the Sooners in 2017.
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  Offensive lineman Austin Corbett is named a Burlsworth Trophy semifinalist.
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  The Walker River Paiute standout comes to Nevada as a walk on and becomes a four year fixture for the Wolf Pack, making 45 straight starts by the time he earns this national recognition.
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  A bull riding Highlight arrives in 2019.
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  Navajo rider Cody Jesus covers Lil Tu Train for 92 points to win round two at the professional Bull Riders World Finals in Las Vegas.
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  It's his first World Finals round victory and it comes on one of the sport's biggest stages.
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  Another national honor from 2019 goes to soccer player Madison Hammond, Navajo and San Felipe.
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  The Wake Forest defender is named second team all Atlantic Coast Conference after a senior season with with three goals and four assists.
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  The two year captain finishes her college career with 75 appearances.
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  In 2021, Lumbee receiver Keenan Allen makes 12 catches for 104 yards as the Los Angeles Chargers defeat The Philadelphia Eagles 27 24.
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  It's another high volume receiving performance in a career full of them.
• 31:38
  One more soccer moment from 20202021 brings the career of Chris Wandlowski full circle.
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  The Kiowa Forward scores his 171st and final major League Soccer regular season goal for San Jose against Dallas.
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  After the match he announces his retirement, leaving as the league's all time regular season goal scorer.
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  In 2023, Laguna Pueblo golfer Aiden Thomas is named the Sun Country Amateur Golf Association Men's Player of the Year for the second consecutive season.
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  His strong amateur campaign includes victory at the New Mexico West Texas Amateur championship.
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  Finally, in 2024, Inupiac basketball player Alyssa Pele is featured as the face of Nike's holiday N7 campaign during Native American Heritage Month.
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  The company puts an indigenous athlete at the center of its effort to give native youth greater visibility and sport.
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  That wraps up another week of incredible moments in Indian All Stars history.
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  If you enjoyed today's look back, I invite you to visit IndianAllStars.com where you'll find more athlete stories, blog articles, videos, podcast episodes and exclusive merchandise celebrating great Native American athletes from the past and the present.
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  I hope you'll join me again next week as we bring more great Native athletes back into the spotlight.
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  Until then, this is Indian All Stars.